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The Umbrella Academy – Meet the Family

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  • Title: The Umbrella Academy – Meet the Family
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The season opener picks up directly from the Second Season finale with the Umbrella Academy returning to the future only to find that after their experiences in the 1960s Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) chose to adopt seven different children and raise them as the Sparrow Academy. The opener gives us quick introductions to the various characters making up the new squad (which hands the Umbrella Academy a solid ass kicking) along with some fun involving Jayme (Cazzie David) using her hallucinatory spitting powers to offer humorous visions for both Diego (David Castañeda) and Five (Aidan Gallagher).

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Usagi Yojimbo #30

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The Komori Ninja continue to search for the lost treasure in “The Secret of the Green Dragon: Part Two.” Relying on some help from some still loyal Neko Ninja, Chizu is able to offer our wandering rabbit ronin shelter for the night before the trio set out once more headed south with news of treachery and betrayal. The comic continues to play on Yukichi‘s discomfort with what must be done while giving us a glimpse into the hidden world of the Neko.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 2 / Episode 3

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 2 / Episode 3
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Returned to her life, and with her new super-secret out in the open, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) deals with the fallout of being a powerful woman (who is occasionally 8-feet tall and green) in a man’s world. Keeping the same lighter tone, even when dealing with a crisis for our heroine, the second and third episodes focus on a new direction for Jennifer’s role in a courtroom, attempting to work her alter-ego into her social life, and her struggles with how the world begins to fashion its own narrative about who She-Hulk is as our heroine remains reluctant to turn into the media storm. The focus of a super-woman in a man’s world can very much be felt here (especially with every male character a shmuck, a mansplaining Hulk, asshole, or creep with only a single exception who is about as asexual as you can get in the MCU).

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